Dealing with a type A boss

[Jaged]

I recently started working at a local coffee shop. For the first week that I worked there, one of the managers was on vacation. I loved the job and all was well. Then this manager came back from vacation. With her she brought her annoying type A personality. She insists that everyone be doing something at every moment in time. If you appear to be relaxing for a few seconds she will yell at you. I consider myself a relaxed easy going kind of guy, and I am discovering (this being my first job) that I do not work well with type A people. I understand that I am being payed by the hour and I need to make myself useful, but do I really need to be doing something every single second of every single hour that I'm working? Its just a coffee shop for fucks sake. There is no need for complete machine like efficiency. I decided to work for a coffee shop because it seemed like a nice relaxed place to work, and this manager is ruining my experience. Are there any ways of dealing with a superior like this?


And a message to all the type A people that read this. CALM DOWN, RELAX AND SMELL SOME FUCKING ROSES... that is all. :love:

[Firefly]

do I really need to be doing something every single second of every single hour that I'm working?
Technically, yes.

How old are you? If you're a minor, I think you're entitled to a 30-min break. Entitled as in, it's mandatory for you to be given one, they can't make it part of a hiring plan. I'm not sure if it's a federal law, or if it varies by state.

[Infernus]

I'm a shift at starbucks. I get significantly pissed when my baristas don't work and just stand there doing nothing. Either do something, or get off the damn floor and out of my way.

[Hamma]

Female bosses suck.

[Heavygain]

Punch her in the nose and run away.

[Setari]

DHITB

[Giovanni]

If you don't work, you don't deserve your pay. That's my take on it.

[Diviant]

To be honest, she's right. You really SHOULD be doing something all the time unless you're on break. The type of boss you expected (lets you just relax when there's nothing immediate to be done) is just one you get lucky with. Sadly, you got one that actually wants to make you work for every cent. Thems the breaks.

[Lonehunter]

Type A people?


I the only one never heard of that before?


Work = Pay

Here's a tip, don't think of it as...

I'm employed here, so I'm gonna get paid

think of it as...

If I work they'll pay me.

That kind of mentality might get you a pay increase.

[Jaged]

Yeah I understand that I have to work for my pay. I don't expect to be able to loaf around all day and get payed for it. I just don't feel comfortable with someone breathing down my neck constantly and getting very angry if i stop being productive for 10 seconds.

[Giovanni]

Consider yourself lucky, I can do didly shit all day... but I won't get payed. Of course I'm obligated to come in even on dead days where about say... one or two persons will come in to browse. Sure I can do more money then you in a week, but I can also do much much less.

I have 40 hours per week and no garanteed pay. So there.

[Infernus]

Type A people?


I the only one never heard of that before?



A Type A personality is more active and outgoing and always on the run.

A Type B personality is more laid back.

If I recall correctly that is.

I don't know how you get a job and don't expect a boss to work you hard... it's work. Work happens.

[Giovanni]

Type A personality generally refers to hard workers who are often preoccupied with schedules and the speed of their performance.

Type B personalities may be more creative, imaginative, and philosophical.

But that's from 1971... so I doubt type A and B personalities are still correct terms.

[OneManArmy]

welcome to life. now please get back in line. thank you.

[Hamma]

Bosses who make you work every second of your shift need to get a life :lol:

Women are much worse than men as well. I wouldn't want some asshat breathing down my neck the entire time either. It's just a damn coffee shop. Nothing like creating stress where there doesn't need to be any I hate bosses who create un-needed stress. Just let me do my damn job and leave me alone!!!11 Jaged isn't saying he wants to sit back and drink a beer on the job, just that he doesn't want some power monger breathing down his neck at every second of his shift.

I'm a laid back worker, when I am given tasks I get them done. When I have my own tasks I get them done. I don't need some person on a power trip breathing down my neck every second of the day. I work much better when ya leave me alone. At an HS there are parts of the year where there are 10,000 things happening at once and 5 different departments pulling me in every direction, I deal. :D

/rant

All it really boils down to is this: If your employee knows how to do his/her job then leave them to do it and stay out of their hair.

:lol:

[Derfud]

I work at a restaurant on the beach, my bosses are hillarious. This one time, a girl was going to be leaving the job, so they were having a celebration, I came down to check my schedule, and by this time work was over. They were getting a bit drunk, and at one point, my manager says, "Hey, you guys wanna meet Murray?" (which actually is his name) then whips his **** out and waves it around. At the moment I was a little disturbed, but I can look back on it and laugh now.

[ViperGTS]

Robots.

[Infernus]

I work at a restaurant on the beach, my bosses are hillarious. This one time, a girl was going to be leaving the job, so they were having a celebration, I came down to check my schedule, and by this time work was over. They were getting a bit drunk, and at one point, my manager says, "Hey, you guys wanna meet Murray?" (which actually is his name) then whips his **** out and waves it around. At the moment I was a little disturbed, but I can look back on it and laugh now.

I can't figure out if your telling the truth or just happened to like the movie "Waiting".

[Derfud]

I havent seen waiting. If something similar happened, then he was probably inspired by it.

[Infernus]

They make an entire game of it.

I highly reccomend the movie.

[Hamma]

:rofl:

[Mag-Mower]

My bosses at Pizza Hut are pretty cool. They dont care if you screw up, or do something stupid. They do, however, expect you to be doing something, be it making a pizza, or pretending to sweep floors. They dont care.

[Giovanni]

See the problem is Hamma... most employees don't know what they're doing and left on their own they will do jack shit. My old job had three of those idiots around my departement...

I was running around like a fucking idiot trying to do everything while those fuckers lounged around... guess what? I got fired from the job... go figure... might have something to do with my flipping out and starting to boss the idiots around. Apparently they don't take too kindly with people who have initiative there. They rather have passive fucks who stand by like my old supervisor who had been there for 20 years and it's the only real reason he was supervisor...

/rant

[LimpBIT]

Punch her in the nose and run away.

thats how I lost my last job :(

[Jaged]

Bosses who make you work every second of your shift need to get a life :lol:

Women are much worse than men as well. I wouldn't want some asshat breathing down my neck the entire time either. It's just a damn coffee shop. Nothing like creating stress where there doesn't need to be any I hate bosses who create un-needed stress. Just let me do my damn job and leave me alone!!!11 Jaged isn't saying he wants to sit back and drink a beer on the job, just that he doesn't want some power monger breathing down his neck at every second of his shift.

I'm a laid back worker, when I am given tasks I get them done. When I have my own tasks I get them done. I don't need some person on a power trip breathing down my neck every second of the day. I work much better when ya leave me alone. At an HS there are parts of the year where there are 10,000 things happening at once and 5 different departments pulling me in every direction, I deal. :D

/rant

All it really boils down to is this: If your employee knows how to do his/her job then leave them to do it and stay out of their hair.

:lol:

Hamma wins. Thats exactly what I was saying. Ill admit this is my first job and some direction from my superiors and co workers is always apreciated. However dont fucking stress out over a coffee shop.

[Baneblade]

You have to remember that the people who boss shitty jobs tend to make a career out of being a lifelong teenager who cant get a real job.

[Hamma]

:lol:

Gio in that case it's ok for the boss to be up their ass. I'm just saying if your employee is doing a resonable job then leave them be. And tell them "Hey you are doing a good job" that improves their moral and they do even better.

Being inside someone's ass all day is just gonna make them angry.

[Peacemaker]

They make an entire game of it.

I highly reccomend the movie.

1. Waiting was fucking hilarious "ITS SO ANGRY!!!"

2. The game has been around for years. Infact I was at a party just the other night and I did something hilarious. I took my camera, set the timer, took a picture of my self doing the goat (Bending over and sticking your doniig between your legs). I then uploaded the picture to the guys computer. A few hours later when we were all pretty toasted I convinced the host to show everyone a picture he captured of what we believe is a ghost or a creature (future post, obtaining hi rez version ASAP). So there like 10 people gathered around the computer, Im standing in the door. They start scrolling through the pics. He gets to the one right before the ghost pic and says "ok this is it, check it out" everyone is staring at the screen. Of course the next pic is my dong perched between my legs. I run into the room and scream "GET YOUR KICKS FUCKERS". They all bend over and take their kicks. Weve been playing the game for like 20 years. Funny when someone goes into the bathroom and everyone gets up on chairs with their dongs out of their pants for an eye level door opening experience.

3. While hamma is pretty much right you might want to consider that this A type person might have a goal in mind. A promotion. She might be working like she does for that. I work at Fed Ex. Im a manager there. I run a line where people pull boxes off a belt and load them on trucks. The work is exhausting and after 8 hours everyone is beat tired. But there is NO time for rest. My advice? Relish your time on the pisser. Take an extra long time on purpose. :) Some jobs you get it easy some you dont. Work all the time for that manager. If she doesnt let off, tell her off.... "Hey, what the heck? (Dont be very rude, but use language to get the point your not exactly thrilled) Im working, Im doing my job, everything is getting done. Why do you always have to be creeping down my back? Just ease up on me and Ill have alot less stress so Itll be easyer to do my job." You'r not working a labor intensive job so you dont need a few seconds to sit and rest. Just keep chuggin along. Wipe down some counters. check the garbage bags. Do stuff that keeps you moving but at an easy pace. The secret to surviving an asshole of a boss, is to sometimes look busy but not acctualy be busy. Just dont abuse it.

[Electrofreak]

I have a boss like this. I just burned her out by starting work every day 30 minutes later than I'm supposed to. She doesn't yell at me anymore.

She knows that I don't care, and she knows that threats don't work against me. She knows she can't afford to fire me and she knows I know my job better than just about anyone else in my department.

So now, other than an occasional "cmon lets keep it moving!" she leaves me alone.

I wouldn't reccomend this as your course of action however. It's a good way of getting fired unless you've got really good job security (which I do atm).